PLANTS Profile for Mikania micrantha (mile-a-minute)

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PLANTS Profile

Mikania micrantha Kunth
mile-a-minute

Symbol:

MIMI5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		N


Other common names:
	bittervine
	guaco falso

More Information:

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Mikania micrantha Kunth

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Distribution:
Mikania micrantha Kunth


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AS, DC, FL, FM, GU, MH, MP, PW), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Mikania micrantha Kunth

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 10 species in Mikania

Classification:
Mikania micrantha Kunth

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Mikania Willd. – hempvine
Species	Mikania micrantha Kunth – mile-a-minute

Noxious Weed Information:
Mikania micrantha Kunth

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
mile-a-minute		Noxious weed
Alabama:
mile-a-minute		Class A noxious weed
California:
mile-a-minute		Quarantine
Florida:
climbing hempweed		Noxious weed
Hawaii:
mile-a-minute		Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
mile-a-minute		Prohibited
Minnesota:
mile-a-minute		Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina:
bittervine		Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
mile-a-minute		Quarantine
South Carolina:
mile-a-minute		Plant pest
Vermont:
mile-a-minute		Class A noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Mikania micrantha Kunth

Chinese creeper
kwalo koburu
liane americaine
mile-a-minute
ovaova
wa mbosuvu

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

US		USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). 2012. Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ. Washington, DC.
STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Introduced Information:
Mikania micrantha Kunth

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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